Our Journey

HumaniTV was founded in January of 2011, as a way to help surgeons & medical professionals better prepare and respond to disasters. From devastation in Haiti, to a coffee shop in Connecticut, to survival training and medical outreach in Central America, and finally to a conference room in Austin Texas – the HumaniTV journey has come a long way.

From the start we’ve seen endless change and challenge, but one thing has stood the test of time – our desire to leverage the potential of technology and media to help save lives and impact communities.

We started by exploring some very difficult questions, to identify
lasting ways to sustainably solve problems.

Some questions we asked:

What are the world’s biggest problems?

Whose job is it to resolve those problems?

What’s our role – me, you, us, them – WE?

What are the goals for sustainable change?

Why do most think “giving back” is only about money?

How are we doing?

Some things we we learned:

Historic awareness & collaboration methods fall short

Sustainable success is everyone’s job!

Sustainable success is not simply a $ problem

Giving back should be, fun, easy and contagious

Better awareness & collaboration can make giving back easy, fun, and contagious!

We quickly realized we don’t have all THE answers – there are clearly many. But we did come up with some really cool, exciting and innovative ways to help – most of which centered around the idea that everyone, everywhere needed to be more aware, more collaborative & more accountable. That’s how we realized we’re in the business of “helping those, who help others, to help better!”

HumaniTV is creating innovation in impact by simply leveraging the technology and media we already virally consume – from online video, social media, eCommerce, eLearning, eGiving, and eMobilizing to unified communications technologies, original films and documentaries.

“Join the journey at HumaniTV – TOGETHER we can build and sustain a better world!”
Matt TankersleyFounder & Chariman

Build: To form, order, finance, develop, increase, strengthen, construct, or establish. The natural progression from thought to action and potential, involves the inevitable process of “building.” From infrastructure and jobs, to economies and industries, HumaniTV Build chronicles the diverse world of those called to serve others in the capacity of building. From creating jobs to slinging hammers we hope this innovative forum inspires everyone to even greater awareness and action.

From disaster preparedness and response, to leadership and life sustaining skills like first aid, farming, and water filtration, education is crucial to developing and maintaining the sustainability of our lives and world. Neatly and purposefully tucked into the heart and mission of HumaniTV, is the mandate and goal to “train.” From suburbs and cities to jungles and bayous, HumaniTV Education is committed to advancing life saving and community impacting education, and to sharing the truth, challenges, tales and success of those committed to the admirable and invaluable task of teaching.

At HumaniTV Espanol we strive to share and advance the vast humanitarian and outreach efforts of the world’s fastest growing demographic. Viaja con nostros as we endeavor to connect, train, equip and deploy the serving and served in our Spanish speaking society. Listen, watch and engage as we dive deep into this rich culture of servant minded hearts filled with grace, compassion and heritage. Que Dios nos bendiga y llevar todo!

Few life topics are more heralded or avoided than faith. While the matter spans every culture, wears many faces, and invokes more fiery dialogue than any other human subject, there is little debate surrounding the truth that faith based organizations by far out pace the rest of the world in time, energy and money contributed to outreach and humanitarian action. We trust this heart touching, life saving, community impacting journey with HumaniTV Faith will expose you to a broader perspective on the reach and truth of faith’s role in the world and this life – and maybe even that which follows.

No philosophic, geographic, social, or financial disparity can void the ever present requirement for food and water to sustain life. This unequivocal truth will always be first and foremost in the presence and sustainability of life. HumaniTV Food & Water channel is dedicated to documenting and sharing the never ending journey of the hungry and thirsty, and those tasked and convicted with providing these paramount life saving and community impacting resources. Whether afflicted, serving or blessedly unaffected, we hope these glimpses of reality will help us all better comprehend the devastating truth and miraculous work on the road to permanently solving the inequality and inaccessibility of sustenance.

This broad, engaging and sometimes naive forum was created to capture the outreach and humanitarian contributions and perspectives of our future leaders and citizens. Every tongue, tribe and nation proclaims tales of the innocence and innovation of the world through the eyes of these precious less tenured populates. From big hearts to bigger visions, we hope you enjoy this touching and youthful perspective on the journey from awareness to action. Who knows – one of these young servants might very well be the one who finally cures cancer or hunger, or…..

Besides food and water, arguably nothing compares to the need for safe and reliable healthcare services to sustain life – frm basic immunizations and medication to physical therapy and surgery. Thankfully, the only thing that comes close to shadowing this reality is the magnitude of the hearts and contributions of those professionals committed to delivering these precious life saving and community impacting services. From the simple to the complex, we know you will enjoy this eye opening journey into the world of global humanitarian medicine, it’s worldly needs, demands, practitioners and patrons.

Disaster is not something that just happens during the occasional earthquake, tsunami or despicable terrorist attack. Our world is plagued daily with the devastating realities of famine, disease, and hatred, to name only a few. At HumaniTV Relief we take great care to provide the best visibility into the work and achievements of those individuals and institutions committed and engaged in disaster preparedness, response and relief. Sit back and be amazed at the hearts and journey of those committed to serving their fellow man in the most dire of circumstances.

Deep in the heart, mind and soul of every human is the need to exist and belong – the inalienable right to equality of life, education, opportunity, and freedom of choice (and consequence?). Whether physical, psychological, financial or other, wellness is a broad, deep and wide topic spanning cultures, politics, generations, geographies, and faiths. HumaniTV Wellness takes a deep dive into revealing the breadth and depth of those serving, needing and receiving life saving and enhancing wellness of every kind.

The life giving maternal, survival and enterprising attributes and accomplishments of our more right-brained planet citizens are more than worthy of endless recognition and accolades. HumaniTV Women is a media channel dedicated to the priceless contributions and inevitable challenges of the fairer sex. We hope you enjoy this most heart felt and endearing journey through the eyes, ears, minds and lives of our irreplaceable moms, grandmothers, wives, aunts, and sisters.